Tag: Sundance

  • Review: The Courier and Land

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    Benedict Cumberbatch gets his spy on in the Cold War thriller, The Courier, (but it doesn’t quite deliver). Robin Wright makes her directorial debut in Land. More about The Courier: THE COURIER is the true story of an unassuming British business man Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history.…

  • Jim Gaffigan Interview: Troop Zero

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    A blast from the archives with actor Jim Gaffigan on Troop Zero, are hot dogs sandwiches, and finding your tribe. Filmed at the Sundance 2019 Film Festival More about Troop Zero: In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl (Mckenna Grace) dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at…

  • Review: The Farewell and The Art of Self-Defense

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    This week brings two indie movies, the amazing “The Farewell” and the eccentric “The Art of Self-Defense.” Please please please get thee to a theater to see “The Farewell” ASAP. Lulu Wang’s film has comedy, drama, heart, and Awkwafina. ​Meanwhile the more bizarre “The Art of Self-Defense” tackles toxic masculinity. Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, and…

  • Lulu Wang Interview: The Farewell

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      Director Lulu Wang sits down with THEDHK to discuss bringing her film, The Farewell to life and taking inspiration from her real family.   ​More about the film: In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows…

  • Review: Late Night, The Dead Don’t Die, and American Woman

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    The hilarious “Late Night” finally is out in theaters, “The Dead Don’t Die” is dangerously mundane, and “American Woman” is here to put your problems in perspective, but not effectively. “Late Night” is written by and stars the amazing Mindy Kaling. It was one of my absolute favorite films out of Sundance and I highly…